Sep 30th 2016
Tech Break 3143
Kindle Scam Nets $3 Million
Hosted by
Megan Morrone,
Jason Howell
A scammer on Amazon sells millions of dollars of low quality ebooks to unsuspecting readers.
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Megan Morrone and Jason Howell discuss Zack Whittaker's investigation into a Kindle scammer who used 83,899 fake email addresses, anonymized bots run thru the Tor webserver, and a stock photo of a "businessman in shirt with pleased expression" on his website to sell typo-filled books to unsuspecting readers. Read Zack's article on ZDNet: http://www.zdnet.com/article/exclusive-inside-a-million-dollar-amazon-kindle-catfishing-scam/
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